Photography
Jon Setter
Jon Setter is a photomedia artist who was born in Detroit (1989). His photography is a formally nuanced response to the urban spaces and architecture he encounters. Presenting perspectives not normally visualised of mundane and ordinary aspects in order to alter audience perceptions of what they can reflect.
Artist Profile
Jon Setter is a photomedia artist who was born in Detroit (1989) and is currently based between Sydney and New York City. His photography is a formally nuanced response to the urban spaces and architecture he encounters. Presenting perspectives not normally visualised of mundane and ordinary aspects in order to alter audience perceptions of what they can reflect.
He received a bachelor’s degree from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit and graduated with an MFA from The National Art School, Sydney. His photography is a formally nuanced response to the urban spaces and architecture he encounters. Often working with subjects discovered by chance on unprescribed walks, he attempts to reveal the unseen aspects people pass by and use daily but may not consciously observe.
His aim is to present an alternate perspective of cities that isn’t typically visualized to expand how audiences might read the spaces they interact with most often. This stems from being influenced by the New Topographic Movement and the Dusseldorf School of Photography.
He has exhibited work in numerous solo and group shows across Australia and internationally including New York City, Tokyo and Berlin. He has just completed his second photobook ‘The Ballarat Text’ and is working on a Sydney-centric series due to be released next year.
Career Highlights
- Publishing two photo books of my work
- Finalist in the Luxembourg Art Prize
- Completing my MFA at National Art School
